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Workman plunges 25m to his death from roof in Durban on Tuesday

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Wednesday, 11 September 2019 10:32

News24 reports that a man died after he fell approximately 25 metres from a roof on Tuesday afternoon.

According to Rescue Care spokesperson Garrith Jamieson, paramedics were called to a business address in Morton Road in Seaview where they found the patient, believed to be in his 20s, lying on the ground. "He had sustained multiple major injuries and showed no signs of life. The man was declared deceased on the scene," Jamieson reported. Apparently, the man was working on the roof when he fell to the ground. Jamieson said police were on the scene and would be investigating the incident further.